Car Talk 4: The Richard Hertz Rent-A-Car 500
- Irish
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Back in the day (Mid 80s) my old man agreed to store a couple of Packards on our property for a drinking buddy of his...... They were not in great condition to start (Major surface rust) but they were cool as hell. Unfortunately the guy never came back for them and they deteriorated so much that I believe my Dad eventually just sold them as scrap. They had rectangular flat 6's
- ChrisoftheNorth
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That's....wow.troyguitar wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 3:32 pmI just test fit my ramz and they just barely fit on the MKZ. I should probably get small spacers and centering rings, but the first autox up here with >40F temps is this Sunday so I'll probably just run it ZFG.Detroit wrote: You're in temporary mode anyway. You did the right thing for sure.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
- troyguitar
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There's enough life left in the tires that I can probably run them at autox for the whole summer up here as long as I swap them at the events instead of driving on them on the street. Total tire cost, zero dollars.
I swear the stock chrome must weigh 12+ lbs more than the ones, it's nuts.
I swear the stock chrome must weigh 12+ lbs more than the ones, it's nuts.
- wap
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ExplainIrish wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 3:33 pm Back in the day (Mid 80s) my old man agreed to store a couple of Packards on our property for a drinking buddy of his...... They were not in great condition to start (Major surface rust) but they were cool as hell. Unfortunately the guy never came back for them and they deteriorated so much that I believe my Dad eventually just sold them as scrap. They had rectangular flat 6's
- Irish
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Actually now that I think of it it was likely a Straight 8 but it was all engine block and flat on the topwap wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 10:02 pmExplainIrish wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 3:33 pm Back in the day (Mid 80s) my old man agreed to store a couple of Packards on our property for a drinking buddy of his...... They were not in great condition to start (Major surface rust) but they were cool as hell. Unfortunately the guy never came back for them and they deteriorated so much that I believe my Dad eventually just sold them as scrap. They had rectangular flat 6's
- Huckleberry
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Since straight 8s were mentioned.
- max225
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Does anyone have info on this ? Is it truly in cold weather states only ?
Does anyone have info on this ? Is it truly in cold weather states only ?
- razr390
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Driving out to Marfa, TX today. Spending the night there and driving back tomorrow. Should be fun.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:05 pm DFD. The forum where everybody makes the same choices and then tells anybody trying to join the club that they are the stupidest motherfucker to ever walk the earth.
- MexicanYarisTK
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- MexicanYarisTK
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The Grand Tour of Great Country of Texas, I also recommend Albuequerque in New Mexico, I stayed there one night when I took that fam cross country trip.
Nephew of a a few first gen immigrant on DFD, resident turk, and ex nazi egg lover now driving a middle class mom mobile.
- ChrisoftheNorth
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Packard held onto the straight 8 way too long. Well into the 50s when everyone else was introducing more powerful and compact V8s. They finally came out with a V8 in the mid/late 50s, but it was a little too late at that point.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
- troyguitar
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6/41 in PAX today. Definitely need to do the brake pads and sway bar.
- Desertbreh
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Hot Rod Lincoln!troyguitar wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 7:34 pm 6/41 in PAX today. Definitely need to do the brake pads and sway bar.
- CaleDeRoo
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Was a gorgeous day heretroyguitar wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 7:34 pm 6/41 in PAX today. Definitely need to do the brake pads and sway bar.
- MexicanYarisTK
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troy, probably the first lincoln mkz in the history thats driven this hard.
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Nephew of a a few first gen immigrant on DFD, resident turk, and ex nazi egg lover now driving a middle class mom mobile.
- max225
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s in the bestest of hoods in the country drive em like this daily to escape gang hits and they also don’t service them ever because why?MexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 10:48 am troy, probably the first lincoln mkz in the history thats driven this hard.
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